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Nurse pleads guilty to murdering 11 in Sydney nursing home fire
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (BNO NEWS) — A nurse who masqueraded as a hero pleaded guilty Monday to murdering eleven elderly people in November 2011 by setting fire to a nursing home… Read more
Notorious Dutch criminal Willem Holleeder arrested for extortion
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) — Dutch crime boss Willem Holleeder, who is notorious for the 1983 kidnapping of beer tycoon Freddy Heineken, was among ten people arrested in the… Read more
Sniper kills pro-government TV journalist in western Syria
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (BNO NEWS) — A well-known Syrian journalist working for pro-government television station al-Ikhbariya was killed by sniper fire Monday near the Lebanese-Syrian border, the government and activists said…. Read more
Insurgents kill NATO soldier in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — A coalition service member was killed Sunday when insurgents opened fire foreign troops in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on… Read more
Suicide bomb attacks in north-west Niger kill dozens
NIAMEY, NIGER (BNO NEWS) — Dozens of people were killed after two suicide bomb attacks in north-west Niger, local authorities said. The first bomb attack occurred at a barracks in… Read more
Two arrested in London after bomb threat diverts Pakistani passenger flight
LONDON (BNO NEWS) — Two people were arrested after a bomb threat forced a Pakistani passenger aircraft carrying hundreds to divert and land in the United Kingdom on Friday, local… Read more
Security alert briefly closes one of UK’s busiest motorways
COVENTRY, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) — British police closed one of the country’s busiest motorways in both directions on Friday after two men were seen acting suspiciously before running away from… Read more
Friend of London terror suspect arrested after BBC interview
LONDON, ENGLAND (BNO NEWS) — A friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the brutal murder of a British soldier on a London street earlier this week, was… Read more
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa begins third term
QUITO, ECUADOR (BNO NEWS) — Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Friday was sworn in to begin his third consecutive term. Correa was sworn in on Friday morning in the country’s… Read more
Small plane crash in southern Kyrgyzstan kills 3
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN (BNO NEWS) — At least three people were killed after a small airplane crashed in southern Kyrgyzstan, officials said Friday. The Antonov An-2 aircraft was carrying three people… Read more
